Robert J. Hamper, 61, of River Forest, died on Aug. 24, 2017. Born on May 20, 1956, he was the president of Robert J. Hamper & Associates, which specializes in strategic planning and has consulted for over 18 years with Fortune 500 mid-sized corporations. Previously, he worked at AT&T and Bell Laboratories in various aspects of marketing and strategic planning and was a full-time and adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Business at Dominican University and Loyola University of Chicago.
Bob Hamper was the companion of Mary Kipta (nee Duke); the brother of Diane (John) Janowiak; the uncle of Stephanie (Stephen) Conti and Katie (Scott) Hogan; and the son of the late Barbara Hamper (nee Schreiber).
Private inurnment will take place at Assumption Cemetery. The family appreciates memorials to the Field Museum, www.fieldmuseum.org/support/make-gift or to Brookfield Zoo, www.czs.org/Brookfield-ZOO/Donate/Memorials-and-Tributes.
Arrangement were handled by Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home in Oak Park.